- Date
- December 19, 2005, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Brevig Mission, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N303GVCessna 208
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- Anchorage FSDO
- FAA report
- 20051219029599A
- Case key
- 63031
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions, which resulted in the left wing striking the ground while taxiing. A factor in the accident was a crosswind.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airline transport certificated pilot landed on runway 04, a snow-covered gravel runway, which required a correction for a left crosswind. The operator reported that after landing, as the pilot was turning the airplane to the left in order to back-taxi on runway 04, a gust of wind lifted the right wing, and the left wing and propeller struck the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The operator reported that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.
Factual narrative
The airline transport certificated pilot landed on runway 04, a snow-covered gravel runway, which required a correction for a left crosswind. The operator reported that after landing, as the pilot was turning the airplane to the left in order to back-taxi on runway 04, a gust of wind lifted the right wing, and the left wing and propeller struck the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The operator reported that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N303GV
- Reported as
- Cessna 208
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 208B0581
- Airframe hours
- 11,344.7
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney PT6A-114A, 675 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Hageland Aviation Services, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Gussic Ventures LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · December 1, 2005 · 46.8 hours before
- Departed
- PAPC · Port Clarence, AK
- Destination
- L-3B · Brevig Mission, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- KTS · Brevig Mission, runway 04, 2,110 × 75 ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,700 total · 2,300 in this make and model · 4,400 as pilot in command · 251 in the last 90 days · 92 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 35 knots, gusting 42
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 25 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.